List of twin towns and sister cities in Central America

This is a list of "twin towns" or "sister cities" in the region of Central America — that is, pairs of towns or cities in different countries which have town twinning arrangements. Where known, the date of formation of the twinning agreement is included in parentheses.

Note that the list is likely to always remain incomplete, since no canonical list of such arrangements exists; even those towns that are listed may well have arrangements which are not listed here.However, a searchable, interactive list is maintained by Sister Cities International. Note also that any twinning arrangement "should" be listed at two locations in the series of lists: once for each of the towns involved in the arrangement.

Belize

*Belmopan — Lansing, Michigan [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/Belize List of sister cities in Belize] from Sister Cities International]
*San Pedro — Wilmington, North Carolina

Costa Rica

*San José — San Jose, California, USA (1961); Okayama, Japan (1971); Maracay, Venezuela (1980)
*Heredia — Marietta, Georgia, USA

El Salvador

*Arcatao, Chalatenango — Madison, Wisconsin, USA [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/ElSalvador List of sister cities in El Salvador] from Sister Cities International]
*Ataco — Fountain Hills, Arizona, USA
*Ciudad Romero, La Unión — Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
*San Antonio Los Ranchos, Chalatenango — Berkeley, California, USA
*San José Las Flores, Chalatenango — Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
*San Miguel — Arlington County, Virginia, USA
*San Salvador — Los Angeles, California, USA
*Segundo Montes, Morazán — Cleveland, Ohio, USA
*Teosinte, Chalatenango — Arlington, Massachusetts, USA

Guatemala

*Cobán — Birmingham, Alabama, USA [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/Guatemala List of sister cities in Guatemala] from Sister Cities Internationl]
*Guatemala City — Hollywood, Florida, USA
*La Antigua — Coral Gables, Florida, USA
*Quetzaltenango — Turin, Italy; Tromsø, Norway (1991); Livermore, California, USA

Honduras

*Choluteca — Lynnwood, Washington [http://www.accci.com.au/sister.htm Sister Relations in Washington State (USA)] from a report on Australia-China sister cities. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*La Ceiba — Broken Arrow, Oklahoma [http://www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=353&Itemid=436 Oklahoma's Sister City Pairings] from Oklahoma Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Puerto Cortes — Corpus Christi, Texas (Sister Ports program) [http://www.ccredc.com/Sister_Cities_Program_International_Business_Development.cfm Sister Cities Program International Business Development] , City of Corpus Christi. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Santa Barbara, Honduras — Freeport, Maine (2005) [http://www.freeport-rotary.org/projects/purewater/PureWaterForSantaBarbara.html Santa Barbara—Freeport Sister Cities] from Freeport chapter of Rotary International. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Tegucigalpa — New Orleans, Louisiana [http://www.wtcno.org/bulletin/2002/litb0802.htm World Trade Center of New Orleans] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.]

Nicaragua

*Bluefields — Racine, Wisconsin, USA; Lower East Side, New York City (with Bluefields community of Barrio Nueva York)Lydia Chavez. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE6D7173DF932A35751C0A961948260 Nicaragua is aided by sister city projects," "The New York Times", February 1, 1987. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Chinandega — Eindhoven, The Netherlands
*Condega — Bend, Oregon, USAcite web | title =2003 US-Nicaragua Sister Cities Directory | publisher = Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua | url =http://www.wccnica.org/files/sister_cities.pdf | accessdate =2008-05-10]
*Corinto — Portland, Oregon, USA (1985) [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/Nicaragua Sister Cities in Nicaragua] list by Sister Cities International]
*Esteli — Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA; Sheffield, UK; Delft, Netherlands (1984)
*Granada — Tampa, Florida, USA; Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA
*Jalapa — Boulder, Colorado, USA
*Jicaro — Yellow Springs, Ohio, USA
*Jinotega, Jinotega — Shelby, North Carolina, USA
*Jinotepe, Carazo — Santa Cruz, California, USA
*Juigalpa — Leiden, Netherlands
*La Paz Centro — Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (1987) [http://people.umass.edu/woodhull/sistercity/index.html Sister Cities: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA and La Paz Centro, Nicaragua] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Laguna de Perlas — Montclair, New Jersey, USA
*Las Mangas — Holyoke, Colorado, USA
*León — Oxford, UK; Berkeley, California, USA; New Haven, Connecticut, USA; [http://www.newhavenleon.org/ New Haven–León Sister City Project] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.] Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
*Malpaisillo — Rhinebeck, New York, USA; [http://www.mhsistercity.org/ Bard/Mid-Hudson Larreynaga Sister City Project] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.] Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA
*Managua — Madison, Wisconsin, USA (1987); [http://www.wccnica.org/sister.html Madison-Managua Sister City Project] , Wisconsin Coordinating Council on Nicaragua. Retrieved 2008-06-07.] Miami, Florida, USA; Caracas, Venezuela
*Masaya — Leicester, UK; Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2002)
*Matagalpa, Matagalpa — Gainesville, Florida, USA
*Mateare — Platteville, Wisconsin, USA
*Mina El Limón — Beckley, West Virginia, USA
*Nagarote — Norwalk, Connecticut, USA [http://www.sistercityproject.org/index.php Norwalk—Nagarote Sister Cities Project] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Ocotal — Swindon, UK; Hartford, Connecticut, USA
*Omotepe — Bainbridge, Washington, USA
*Posoltega — Bloomington, Indiana, USA
*Puerto Cabezas — Burlington, Vermont, USA
*Puerto Morazan — Bristol, UK (1989)
*Quezalguaque — Brookline, Massachusetts, USA (1987)
*Quilali — South Haven, Michigan, USA
*San Carlos — Groningen, Netherlands
*San Francisco Libre — Reading, UK (1994)
*San Isidro — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
*San Juan de Limay — Baltimore, Maryland, USA
*San Juan de Oriente — Sacramento, California, USA
*San Juan de Río Coco — Brooklyn, New York
*San Juan del Sur — Newton, Massachusetts, USA [http://www.newtonsanjuan.org/ Newton-San Juan del Sur Sister City Project] . Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*San Marcos, Atlántico Norte — Concord, Massachusetts, USA
*San Ramón, Matagalpa — Durham, North Carolina (1993)Colin Sutker. [http://media.www.dailytarheel.com/media/storage/paper885/news/2002/04/17/UndefinedSection/Carrboro.Flirts.With.Sister.City.Idea-1348484.shtml "Carrboro flirts with Sister City idea"] (report on one town's plans to establish a sister city, mentions Durham-San Ramon Sister Communities), "The Daily Tar Heel", April 17, 2002. Retrieved 2008-06-07.]
*Santa Teresa — Richland Center, Wisconsin USA (1987)
*Santo Domingo — Tucson, Arizona, USA
*Somotillo — Bennington, Vermont, USA
*Somoto, Madriz — Merced, California, USA
*Ticuantepe — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
*Tipitapa — New York City, USA
*Villa Carlos Fonseca — Moscow, Idaho, USA

Panama

* Colón — Mandeville, Louisiana [http://www.sister-cities.org/icrc/directory/Americas/Panama List of sister cities in Panama] from Sister Cities International]
*Panama City — Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Miami, Florida

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